The first thing you will need to do for this course is to find out what your Bar/Bat Mitzvah parasha is (the one connected to the date of your upcoming Shabbat celebration). If you have already celebrated your Bat Mitzvah, then you will consult with Rabbi Infeld and Morah Tiki on what parasha or text you will be studying. It might be the parasha associated with your Hebrew birthday (which is your actual Bat Mitzvah parasha) or another relevant text. In order to find what parasha falls on a specific Shabbat, HEBCAL is a terrific tool. Follow these instructions:
1) Go to Hebcal's homepage: www.hebcal.com
2) Click on the "Customize your calendar" button
3) Next to year and month, select the year and month of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration
4) In the list of options below, make sure that the "Weekly sedrot on Saturdays" is checked (this will make sure that the names of the parashiyot will appear on the calendar.
5) Click "Create Calendar" button.
The calendar for the month of your celebration will appear and you will be able to determine your parasha if you don't already know it.
6) Tell Morah Tiki what your parasha is so we can record it on this wiki page.
If you need to remind yourself of the date of your Hebrew birthday, then Chabad has a great Hebrew birthday calculator page:
1) Go to Chabad's homepage: www.chabad.org
2) Mouse over the "Jewish Lifecycle" tab and wait for the drop down box
3) Go to birthday and click on it
4) Type your Gregorian calendar birthday into the box on the right of the page and hit enter
5) Click on whether or not you were born in Morning or After/Evening/Night (If you don't know choose Morning as long as you weren't born on Shabbat. If you were, then see Rabbi Bellas) and click Next just below.
6) Your Hebrew birthday and birthday parasha will be revealed to you on the next page.
7) Tell Morah Tiki what your parasha is so we can record it on this wiki page.
Below, you will find instructions on how to find a site for reading your parasha on-line in English. Mechon Mamre is one option. If you are not fond of the English text of Mechon Mamre, if you click on this link, it will take you to the chabad.org page for all parashiyot. There are a few steps you will need to follow to actually get to your parasha translation:
1) Click on the name of your parasha.
2) Click on "Text of Parashah (Hebrew & English Linear Translation)"
You are now looking at the first page of your parasha with Hebrew and English side-by-side and line-by-line. Your parasha is longer than this one page. So, you can either navigate to the next page (which is actually the next aliyah) by clicking on the link either at the bottom of the page you are on or near the top. You will have to click to each aliyah as you finish them. However, you could also click on the "complete reading" link which will bring up your entire parasha all in one window. It's up to you how to read it. However, make sure you do not make the mistake of thinking the whole parasha is on the first page. We have had students do this in the past, think they have completed the first assignment and then been extremely behind because they only summarized ONE of SEVEN aliyot!
We hope this helps.
You will be responsible for your own on-line research. However, Morah Tiki and I are providing you with a few URL's that will help you to get started. Remember, any site you use must be included in your bibliography (which we suggest you start at the beginning of the project and then add to as you go throughout the year).
1) All parashiyot links on chabad.org
2) Resource for summaries of every parasha
3) Link to the TaNaKH in Hebrew organized by book and chapter.
4) Link to a site for word by word translation of biblical verses for your glossary. Remember that you need to choose the pasuk you want translated in the top left corner and then click on the HEBREW tab to bring up the word by word translation.
5) Link for Torah text with trope AND sound files to listen to trope: Bible ORT
The spreadsheet below contains a listing of parashiyot and status for each assignment for the Humash project. If you are not sure of due dates for the assignments, go back to the assignment page with the link at the top of this page.
At some point this year, we will respond to the following question:
Your presentations should include the following topics:
1) The name of your parasha. Show and explain your title page.
2) Where is your parasha located in the Torah?
3) Summarize your parasha in a few sentences for the class.
4) What are your BIG IDEAS?
5) What does your parasha mean to you? What can we learn from it? How does it apply to every day life?
Humash/B'nei Mitzvah Parasha Project Page
Click the following link to view the full write-up and instructions for the Humash Project:
The first thing you will need to do for this course is to find out what your Bar/Bat Mitzvah parasha is (the one connected to the date of your upcoming Shabbat celebration). If you have already celebrated your Bat Mitzvah, then you will consult with Rabbi Infeld and Morah Tiki on what parasha or text you will be studying. It might be the parasha associated with your Hebrew birthday (which is your actual Bat Mitzvah parasha) or another relevant text. In order to find what parasha falls on a specific Shabbat, HEBCAL is a terrific tool. Follow these instructions:
1) Go to Hebcal's homepage: www.hebcal.com
2) Click on the "Customize your calendar" button
3) Next to year and month, select the year and month of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration
4) In the list of options below, make sure that the "Weekly sedrot on Saturdays" is checked (this will make sure that the names of the parashiyot will appear on the calendar.
5) Click "Create Calendar" button.
The calendar for the month of your celebration will appear and you will be able to determine your parasha if you don't already know it.
6) Tell Morah Tiki what your parasha is so we can record it on this wiki page.
If you need to remind yourself of the date of your Hebrew birthday, then Chabad has a great Hebrew birthday calculator page:
1) Go to Chabad's homepage: www.chabad.org
2) Mouse over the "Jewish Lifecycle" tab and wait for the drop down box
3) Go to birthday and click on it
4) Type your Gregorian calendar birthday into the box on the right of the page and hit enter
5) Click on whether or not you were born in Morning or After/Evening/Night (If you don't know choose Morning as long as you weren't born on Shabbat. If you were, then see Rabbi Bellas) and click Next just below.
6) Your Hebrew birthday and birthday parasha will be revealed to you on the next page.
7) Tell Morah Tiki what your parasha is so we can record it on this wiki page.
Below, you will find instructions on how to find a site for reading your parasha on-line in English. Mechon Mamre is one option. If you are not fond of the English text of Mechon Mamre, if you click on this link, it will take you to the chabad.org page for all parashiyot. There are a few steps you will need to follow to actually get to your parasha translation:
1) Click on the name of your parasha.
2) Click on "Text of Parashah (Hebrew & English Linear Translation)"
You are now looking at the first page of your parasha with Hebrew and English side-by-side and line-by-line. Your parasha is longer than this one page. So, you can either navigate to the next page (which is actually the next aliyah) by clicking on the link either at the bottom of the page you are on or near the top. You will have to click to each aliyah as you finish them. However, you could also click on the "complete reading" link which will bring up your entire parasha all in one window. It's up to you how to read it. However, make sure you do not make the mistake of thinking the whole parasha is on the first page. We have had students do this in the past, think they have completed the first assignment and then been extremely behind because they only summarized ONE of SEVEN aliyot!
We hope this helps.
You will be responsible for your own on-line research. However, Morah Tiki and I are providing you with a few URL's that will help you to get started. Remember, any site you use must be included in your bibliography (which we suggest you start at the beginning of the project and then add to as you go throughout the year).
1) All parashiyot links on chabad.org
2) Resource for summaries of every parasha
3) Link to the TaNaKH in Hebrew organized by book and chapter.
4) Link to a site for word by word translation of biblical verses for your glossary. Remember that you need to choose the pasuk you want translated in the top left corner and then click on the HEBREW tab to bring up the word by word translation.
5) Link for Torah text with trope AND sound files to listen to trope: Bible ORT
The spreadsheet below contains a listing of parashiyot and status for each assignment for the Humash project. If you are not sure of due dates for the assignments, go back to the assignment page with the link at the top of this page.
At some point this year, we will respond to the following question:
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END OF YEAR IN-CLASS PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Your presentations should include the following topics:1) The name of your parasha. Show and explain your title page.
2) Where is your parasha located in the Torah?
3) Summarize your parasha in a few sentences for the class.
4) What are your BIG IDEAS?
5) What does your parasha mean to you? What can we learn from it? How does it apply to every day life?
7A PROGRESS GRID
7B PROGRESS GRID
7C PROGRESS GRID